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So what comes next? The real shipping products. At press time, many products that will support touch are still in the lab or are just beginning to see the light of day (like the ASUS Eee Top). HP will release a TouchSmart PC soon. Sony has just released the eBook Reader PRS-700, which supports touch for buttons and one gestureswiping to the side to turn a page. There's a product called the SMART Table (billed as "the world's first multitouch, multiuser table for primary education"), and companies like GestureTek and Perceptive Pixel presumably have mass-market products just waiting to be released, though they can't discuss specifics. Apple, always super-secretive, could suddenly release a Mac that supports touch and gesturesremember how adamant Steve Jobs was that the company would never release an iPhone? It's an exciting era in computing, one that promises to make computing more interactive, easier to use, and far more pervasive. next: ASUS Eee Top ET603 >